Army gives contentious $286M xBot program to iRobot

The U.S. Army has awarded iRobot Corp. the $286 million xBot contract for up to 3,000 military ground robots over the next five years, after stripping the award from original winner Robotic FX. iRobot was the runner up in the xBot procurement, which was run in August as an unusual reverse auction in...

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